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15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS-15)Barcelona, Spain |
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This study explored the consistency of locus equation (LE) slopes as
phonetic descriptors of stop place in VCV utterances. A range of naturally
occurring phonetic parameters were systematically varied to alter the
dynamics of temporal and spatial overlap of articulatory movements.
These parameters included: syllable form (open/closed/geminate), variable
V1 contexts, and aspiration. Results showed that singleton and geminate
open syllables yielded identical slopes, while closed syllables yielded
decreased, but contrastive slopes, irrespective of voicing. V1 contexts
had minimal effects on LE slopes. Voiceless /p/ and /t/ had lower slopes
than voiced cognates, but velars did not show voicing differences.
Methodological differences in measuring F2 onsets accounted for lowering
of slopes in aspirated stops.
Bibliographic reference. Sussman, Harvey M. / Modarresi, Golnaz (2003): "The stability of locus equation encoding of stop place", In ICPhS-15, 1931-1934.